Thursday's Inspiration

PUNK: Chaos to Couture

This spring The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be exhibiting PUNK: Chaos to Couture. The exhibition will be on view from May 9-August 14,2013. It will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in 1970 through it's continuing influence today. Kristin, shared her favorite looks from the The Costume Institute Benefit earlier this week. When I found out about this exhibit a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to see it immediately. This summer I will plan to make a trip to NYC to visit it.

There will be 7 galleries and each one will have  designated punk "heroes"who embody the broader concepts behind the fashions on view. The exhibit I want to see most is the D.I.Y. Hardware: it focuses on couture's use of studs,spikes,chains,zippers,padlocks,safety pins and razor blades. This sounds like our spring Heavy Metal collection which uses a lot of hardware.

I am only showing pics of 2 exhibits, but there are many more exhibits to get more info check out the website www.metmuseum.org



D.I.Y. Hardware

       John Lydon,1976                                                                              Gianni Versace,Spring/Summer 1994

      Joe Strummer, late 1970's                                                              Riccardo Tisci for House of Givenchy Spring/Summer 2008

D.I.Y.: Destroy

      Jordan,1977                                                                                      Rodarte

       Sid Vicious,1977                                                                            Karl Laferfeld for House of Chanel,2011

Check out today's etsy treasury inspired by PUNK fashion!

What do you think about this exhibit?

Until Next Time, Ciao!

*Chris*